Dongsimcho

Dongsimcho

1959
2h 6m
4.0

4.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.

Status: Released

Language: KO

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Production Information

Production Companies
Korean Films Co.
Production Countries
South Korea
Spoken Languages
Korean

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title 동심초
Release Date July 9, 1959
Status Released
Language KO
IMDb ID tt0389940

Cast

Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-hee

Lee Sook-hee

Um Aing-ran
Um Aing-ran

Oh Kyung-hee

Kim Jin-kyu
Kim Jin-kyu

Kim Sang-gyu

Ju Jeung-nyeo
Ju Jeung-nyeo

Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)

Kim Seok-hun
Kim Seok-hun

Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)

Kim Dong-won
Kim Dong-won

Chairman (President of publishing company)

Han Eun-jin
Han Eun-jin

Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)

Do Kum-bong
Do Kum-bong

Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)

Kim Seung-ho
Kim Seung-ho

Busan President Kim (Trader)

Lee Min
Lee Min

Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)

Ju Seon-tae
Ju Seon-tae

Bokdeokbang owner

Seo Wol-yeong
Seo Wol-yeong

Mrs. Lee

Key Crew

Park Un-sam
Producer
Lee Sang-cheol
Producer
Shin Sang-ok
Director
Lee Bong-rae
Screenplay